Río Pastillo is a river in the municipality of
Ponce,
Puerto Rico
; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...
. It is also known as Río Marueño in the area of the municipality where it runs through barrio
Marueño
Marueño (''Barrio Marueño'') is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limón, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Maru ...
. Together with
Cañas River, Pastillo forms
Matilde River. Pastillo is one of the 14
rivers in the municipality. The river originates at an altitude of 435 feet. Its tributaries are Quebrada Limon and Quebrada del Agua brooks and the river runs for 19 kilometers before feeding into
Río Matilde at a height of 15 feet in
Barrio Canas Urbano.
Origin
Río Pastillo has its origin in the northern mountains of Ponce's Barrio
Marueño
Marueño (''Barrio Marueño'') is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limón, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Maru ...
, in an area called Yagrumo. This river runs for approximately before reaching barrio
Canas in the city of Ponce where it merges with
Río Canas
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to form Matilde River. The Government of Puerto Rico has plans to
canalize this river.
Feeder streams
Quebrada Limón and Quebrada del Agua are two of the main feeder streams to Pastillo River. Quebrada del Agua was diverted via
canalization to drain directly to the
Caribbean Sea
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. In times of heavy rainfall, Quebrada del Agua was prone to overflow, as it happened on 7 October 1985, when 16 people died due to its flooding.
[Ferdinand Quiñones and Karl G. Johnson. ''The Floods of May 17–18, 1985 and October 6–7, 1985 in Puerto Rico.'' U.S. Geological Survey. Open File Report 87-123. Prepared in Conjunction with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources, Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, and the Puerto Rico Highway Authority. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987. Page 11.]
Course of the river
The following table summarizes the course of Rio Pastillo in terms of roads crossed. Roads are listed as the river flows from its origin in the mountains of
Quebrada Limon, east of the city of Ponce, to its merging with
Rio Canas to form
Rio Matilde in
Barrio Canas (N/A = Data not available):
See also
*
List of rivers of Puerto Rico
List of rivers in Puerto Rico ( U.S. Commonwealth), sorted by drainage basin and then alphabetically. There are 47 main rivers and 24 lagoons or reservoirs.
Most of Puerto Rico's rivers originate in the . There are four slopes through which rainw ...
*
List of rivers of Ponce
Notes
References
External links
*
USGS Geographic Names Information Service
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Rivers of Ponce, Puerto Rico